Contemporary situation of Alternative Medicine in Germany

In 2009 and 2014 the Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach, a respected opinion and
market research institute, performed a poll about “the usage of homeopathic remedies” among 1853 people over 16 years old. According to that poll, seeFigure 5, about 60%
of that population have taken homeopathic remedies in 2014 which is more than double from 1970 and 7% more than in 2009!(Allensbach)[i]

In health matters most patients rely on the family doctor, but many customers might go to the pharmacy and ask for
suggestions. In fact 75% of the German population would go to the pharmacist, even more often than visiting a physician in a university hospital. And almost half of the population, 49%, are
visiting a homeopath or Heilpraktiker; seeFigure 6(Young).